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 APPENDIX No. III. 



REPORT 



OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE 



OF THE 



Mogal miatic ^ocietn^ 



At the Annual Meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society, held on the 15th of March 1828, 

 Sir Alexander Johnston, Chairman of the Committee of Correspondence, having verbally 

 reported the proceedings of that Committee since its institution. 

 It was Resolved, 



" That he be requested to reduce his Report to wi'iling, and that it be printed 

 " in the Appendix to the Society's Transactions." 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Committee of Correspondence understand it to be their duty, 



1st. To open and keep up a correspondence and communication with every Govern- 

 ment, Society, and individual, who can in any way assist the literary and scientific 

 objects of the Royal Asiatic Society. 



2d. To inspire all such Governments, Societies, and individuals, with an interest in 

 the success of the Royal Asiatic Society, and a zeal in promoting their researches in 

 every part of the world. 



3d. To procure for the Royal Asiatic Society, and for such persons as may apply to 

 the Committee, information relative to Asia, from every source and every country 

 from which it can be derived; from every work, ancient and modern, in whatever 

 language it may be written ; from every servant of the Crown and of the East-India 

 Company, whether civil, military, naval, or medical; from every diplomatic Agent and 

 public Consul ; from every Christian Missionary, whether Catholic or Protestant ; from 

 evei-y traveller, trader, or navigator, whether Christian, Mahomedan, Hindoo, or 

 Buddhist; and from every country in Europe, particularly from Portugal, Spain, 

 Holland, Denmark, Italy, France, Germany, and Russia. 



With this view of its duty, the Committee will now proceed to report to the Society 

 what it has done within the last twelve months, in Great Britain, in India, and on the 

 continent of Europe. 



IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



The Committee have to report under this head, that they have opened and kept up 

 a correspondence with the East-India Company, the Universities of Oxford and Cara- 



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